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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Ryder, James Fitzallen Creator Nationality: North American; American Creator Role: Artist Creator Dates/Places: 1826 - 1904 Biography: James Fitzallen Ryder American, 1826-1904A respected commercial photographer, James F. Ryder was also recognized for advancing the photographic profession. Born in Ithaca, New York, he grew up in nearby Tompkins County, spending his early years as a printer's apprentice. In 1847 he learned daguerreotypy with a Professor Brightly and continued his studies three years later in Cleveland with Charles E. Johnson. From there Ryder worked as an itinerant photographer in southwestern New York, Pennsylvania, andOhio, settling in Elyria, Ohio, in 1851. He eventually moved to Cleveland, taking over Johnson's studio in 1856 and producing mostly portraits. In 1862 Ryder received a major commission from the Atlantic and Great Western Railway to photograph the construction of their new railroad. This work, one of the earliest rail surveys, was intended to satisfy stockholders and inspire future investors in the enterprise by supplying the speculators with a two-volume album of 129 photographs of the landscape, towns,stations and sheds, bridges, cuts, and tracks associated with the venture. Ryder is credited with bringing several photographic innovations to Cleveland, including the ambrotype, stereoview, hallotype, and hand-colored portraits. In 1868 he claimed to introduce negative retouching to the United States when he brought from Germany Karl Leutgib, a retoucher who had trained with Hermann Wilhelm Vogel. Ryder had become Cleveland's leading photographer by the late 1860s and soon developed a national reputation as well. He was active in the National Photographers Association and was a founding member and first president of the Photographers Association of America (1880). A frequent lecturer and contributor to photographic publications, Ryder also wrote an autobiography, Voigtlander and I (1902). K.L.C. Gender: M Creator Birth Place: Ithaca, NY Creator Death Place: Cleveland, OH Creator Name-CRT: James Fitzallen Ryder Title: Untitled Title Type: Primary View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1862 Creation End Date: 1862 Creation Date: 1862 Object Type: Photographs Classification Term: Photography Materials and Techniques: albumen print from wet collodion negative Dimensions: Image: 18.8cm x 23.7cm Inscriptions: Written in pencil on recto: "31"; in pencil on verso: "31"; "2500-" AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA ID Number: 1996.238 Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html AMICA ID: CMA_.1996.238 AMICA Library Year: 1998 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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